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語源

From 中期英語 needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need +‎ -less.

発音

• IPA: /ˈniːdləs/
• 韻: -iːdləs
• ハイフネーション: need‧less

形容詞

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. Not needed; unnecessary.

   Antonym: needful

   This new project of yours will only be a needless expense.

   • 2009 June 1, Jon Caramanica, “Country’s King Rules With Restraint”, in The New York Times‎:

     […] they were needless bursts of imagination from a man who’d made such a show of unshowiness.

派生語

副詞

needless (comparative more needless, superlative most needless)

1. (archaic) Needlessly, without cause.

アナグラム

• lessened, seldseen